I have many things going on at once at the moment and my little house is in a bit of chaos on the inside. Soon I will have another room completed and I will post the story about the the old bathroom demo and the new bedroom taking its place. In the meantime I spent the weekend working on a path for the front garden. Remember the timber I rescued from the beautiful old bridge that was demolished (refer to previous post – “Today is my Birthday”), well the process has begun to create something with it. To begin, I have built a path at the front of the house. I have been procrastinating about how to build the path for weeks until finally I said to myself “just do it’. Spray can in hand I drew the shape on the front lawn of the curved path I was imagining. I googled a few ideas but always went back to my original plan. Once I was happy with the shape, I began to dig. I dumped each wheelbarrow load of grass and dirt at the very back of my backyard in a spot that need filling. With all the recent rain it was a workout in itself just pushing the wheelbarrow through my boggy backyard!!! I didn’t finish the digging all in one day. It’s amazing how what you think is just a small section of grass is actually really huge – especially when you are digging down 150mm deep. (Thanks mum for helping me get the last lot out!) Next I placed the plastic edging around the shape of the path. This is quite tricky, not so easy, its stiff and sometimes wants to go its own way. Not perfect but it will still work OK.  I then positioned the timbers into the path and one at a time trimmed the edges (with my sliding drop saw) so they all fit where they were suppose to. I had half a ton of base stuff and quarter ton of decorative snow river pebbles delivered from tumbi landscape supplies. Covering the ground first with weed mat, I then shovelled the base in and lowered the timber treads into place. Levelling them was the hardest part and very time consuming but I did the best I could. Now for the final part – filling the gaps with the decorative stone. And there you have it. I have a front path made out of the rustic, recycled timbers from the 100 year old Saltwater Creek Bridge.

Sounds easy. It was quite challenging but its amazing what can be achieved if you just do it! I love it and am looking forward to creating the rest of the garden.

My blog is about my little house, Long Jetty and it’s surrounding suburbs, however today I ventured out, away from Long Jetty to visit a friend who lives at Avoca Beach. I have been told many times that the Avoca Beach Markets were great so it was time I investigated for myself.

They didn’t disappoint. “With a beach front winning location, decor with bursts of colour, high quality stalls day, and a place the community can meet, shop, dine at the local cafes, and spend the weekend, this unique boutique market is a chance to showcase creative souls right here on the Central Coast doorstep” – http://www.visitnsw.com/events/avoca-beachside-markets.

It is the location and atmosphere that make these markets truly special and the diversity of stalls was brilliant, each being unique and interesting in their own way so it was easy to meander through the crowds of people under the old fig trees by the waters edge on a rather chilly Sunday.

Here are some pictures from today. How lovely. I came home feeling inspired to do some more projects for myself!

More from me soon x